Run-in at Peninsula grocery store turns violent

REDWOOD CITY -- A run-in at a Half Moon Bay grocery store sparked a confrontation that ended with one man swinging a golf club and another under attack, a prosecutor said Thursday.

It started when a 40-year-old man says he bumped into a woman's purse at the store on the 100 block of San Mateo Road on Tuesday. He was back at the same store the next day when a man started threatening him and his family while brandishing a golf club, District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe said.

Why?

The man believed the bump was a﻿ grope of his girlfriend's butt, Wagstaffe said. So when he spotted the victim the next day, he took violent action, Wagstaffe said.

During the confrontation, the victim locked himself in his car and the suspect allegedly hit the vehicle several times with the golf club before deputies arrived and arrested him, authorities said. The suspect, Fernando Alvarado Sanchez, faces weapon brandishing, threat making and vandalism charges, Wagstaffe said. All are misdemeanors.